Avalara Tax Management Integration

Challenge

Calculating and keeping track of sales tax is an operational and financial burden for many
ecommerce companies. Finding an ecommerce solution that accurately calculates the variable tax
for each shopping cart is important for maintaining accurate sales accounting and keeping your
company off the radar of various tax-related state agencies.

In order to manage these sales tax complexities, many ecommerce companies employ tax
automation software. Avalara is an easy to use, elegant solution for sales tax automation. Avalara
automatically calculates the correct sales tax for each transaction, manages exemption certificates
and even handles the filing and remittance of tax returns. This means that ecommerce owners no
longer have to worry whether or not they are in compliance with a complex and ever-changing tax
code, resulting in more accurate accounting and a decreased probability of auditing.

The Upshot Commerce Avalara Tax Management Integration provides cost-effective functionality
that other shopping carts cannot match. Our Smart Integration stores address data and
consolidates information sent to Avalara, resulting in decreased billings from the Avalara service.
On average, this results in an 8X cost savings for Upshot Commerce users when compared to
other ecommerce platforms. This makes our Avalara Tax Management Integration the most cost-
effective solution for website/Avalara integration.

For ecommerce companies with multiple brands, the Avalara Tax Management Integration allows
you to link Avalara with multiple websites, ensuring across-the- board compliance. Data from all
websites is then sent back to Avalara and compiled, keeping all of your tax accounting information
in one central location.

Benefits

Constant system monitoring and updating to tax code means you are always in adherence

The Integration Process

Discovery - Every system is different and every business has unique needs. We diagnose
and determine the unique requirements of your website to create a solution custom tailored
to your needs.

Integration - Project Managers work to connect established data points between your
website and Avalara

Testing - A series of diagnostics are run to make sure that the connection is established and
everything is in working order

Quality assurance - Adaptations and adjustments are made to the system as needed

Knowledge transfer - We stay a part of your team after launch, providing you with
optional consultations or service as needed for your online business

What Do You Need?

Upshot Commerce Core Platform

Upshot Commerce Avalara Tax Management Integration

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There are over 11,000 tax jurisdictions in the United States. This means ecommerce companies
buying and selling within these areas must abide by the tax rate of the transaction's jurisdiction.
Complying with tax law is complicated because the tax code in one jurisdiction is not necessarily
the same in another. Tax codes may differ, override and conflict each other in contradictory ways
that are unpredictable and irregular. Furthermore, tax code is constantly changing. In 2011 alone,
there were over 5,000 changes to the tax code. Needless to say, this makes adhering to tax code a
constant, potentially expensive, and ongoing challenge for ecommerce companies.

Ecommerce stores struggle to keep accurate sales accounting. They must ensure correct sales tax
is charged and collected, collecting exemption certificates as well as filing and remitting tax returns
constantly. Failure to do so exposes companies to audits and potential costly fines. However,
keeping track of all this information is difficult, time consuming and easy to miscalculate.

Avalara is sales tax automation made simple. Avalara automatically calculates the correct sales tax
for each transaction, manages exemption certificates and even handles the filing and remittance of
tax returns. This means that ecommerce owners no longer have to worry whether or not they are
in compliance with a complex and ever-changing tax code, resulting in more accurate accounting
and a decreased probability of auditing.

If your company is audited, Avalara ensures you will be prepared with easily accessible, on-demand
accounting data. A record is kept of all transactions, all returns completed, and all exemption
certificates on file. Simple. Easy. As they say, "Less Taxing. More Relaxing."

Note:
Your Upshot Commerce shopping cart software package can be re-configured and expanded upon with customizations. We can meet the specific implementation for your business model demands.